My 1931 bungalow has a little shelf in the corner of the hallway for a telephone. Directly underneath is a small vented cabinet that used to hold the telephone workings. I've never done anything special to it and the jack for a phone had been removed before I moved in. A few years ago, I picked up a cute vintage reproduction phone and recently plopped it on the shelf, just for looks. When some friends came by for lunch a couple of weeks ago, one asked if the old phone actually worked and I had to say no. Giving it some thought, I picked up a double connector at Home Depot and headed down to the basement where I was able to connect it into the existing line and voila! I now have a working phone in the hallway again.
The oil paintings hanging above the phone shelf are of my parents, painted by my mother's cousin many years ago.
You my dear, completely blow my mind.... A working phone!!!! Okay, I wanna use that phone. Looks like your home is getting pretty close to perfect. Nice Job.... ox
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